>> I used a credit card that doubled the one year warranty to two years. >> Although this is not as good as Apple Care it is free. > > That's interesting. Does that mean ALL credit card purchases are > covered like that? (And where in the world are you? And does that > matter?) All our cards double the warranty up to maximum of an additional year. So if we buy a printer with a six month warranty the cards doubles it to one year. The trick here is to keep the sales slip and the credit card statement. As far as I know most cards offer this, at least in the U.S. (am in Washington State).